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No Schools Left Behind ??? Really ?? Check the data… things that make you say hmmmm… Florida charter schools ? « Continuing Change

No Schools Left Behind ??? Really ?? Check the data… things that make you say hmmmm… Florida charter schools ? « Continuing Change

No Schools Left Behind ??? Really ?? Check the data… things that make you say hmmmm… Florida charter schools ?

From the article, “But as commissioner overseeing 67 districts, Robinson can’t lose sight that the 137,000 students enrolled in the state’s charter schools is a mere fraction of the 2.6 million students in Florida public schools.”

Hmm, Really? Well, according to analysis of FCAT scores (as posted in recent blogs)… of the 31 schools in Florida that scored an ‘F’… nearly half (15/31) were charter schools. I have not verified this data, personally, but I do think it raises a question that should be looked into by either our Governor or this Orlando Sentinel. There are